| Re: Trumpet Pedagogy
To quote: "I compare the trumpeter's playing with the action of the drummer's stick on the drum. The positive is the impact of the drumstick on the drum head. The negative is the return movement after hitting the drum head. If one can imagine this action on the scale of 10, the impact (the positive) represents 1 and the return action (the negative) represents 9. This approach will allow the player to play longer without undue fatigue."
The exercise is very helpful for mastering control over a vast dynamic range through learning to go quickly and easily between the extremes of the spectrum while learning to maintain a consistent good "pure" sound. Through this, I would imagine, one can gain a very strong control over their air, leading to much higher efficiency. Not to mention better control over dynamic levels, making it possible to fill out the infinite levels in the scope...
But we'll see, I've only been on these for a few days. But already it's much easier for me to find resonance and keep a steady pitch on very quiet notes... |